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“I have CHILDREN.” – It was Susan Rubin of DC – It was a False Report


We GOT the RECORDING!

Susan Rubin is not Maria Sanchez, a worried mother living in South Florida.. Nope.. Susan Rubin lives in Washington DC, and she has NO children.. She does not even have one child. But, on March 6th at 4:23 pm, on a recorded line to 311 Broward County, she clamied to be Maria Sanchez, a worried mother living in South Florida… Rubin could not even pronounce the city she claimed to be living in. And at first, she was not sure if she lived in North Miami Beach or Hallandale.. It was a false report. Rubin was CAUGHT on a recorded line. The actual call is just below. I have enclosed 2 links to Rubin’s Youtube and Facebook videos in case anyone to wants compare the voice in those videos, to the voice you’re about to hear on one of the craziest, most criminal 311 calls in history just below.. Rubin runs the FB page “From the Pound to the Penthouse.”

It’s recommedned to read the full article before listening to Rubin’s unhinged 311 call just below. This way the reader will have actual context. If anyone listens to the call first, please finish reading the article afterwords so you can understand the magnitude of Rubin’s false report call. We Got the Recording!

Susan Rubin is Not Maria Sanchez from South Florida.. No. She is not. Susan Rubin is from Wash DC, and she has No children.. I have enclosed 2 links below to Rubin’s Youtube and Facebook videos in case you want to compare the voice in those videos, to the voice you hear on one of the craziest 311 calls in history.

There is NO Maria Sanchez on my block. There is No house number 821 on my block. It does not exist. If Rubin denies making this call in court, she will also be charged with perjury. That’s in addtition to making the false report call to 311 Broward in the first place, which is a crime in all 50 states. Not to mention, her top to bottom fraudulent campaign on GoFundme, which I exposed on March 6th, 2024 at 3pm in my feature story. My family and I believe Rubin will end up being arrested for her intentional false report call.. Her call had nothing to do with animal welfare and everyting to do with retaliation because of the article I wrote blowing the roof off her fraudulent campaign on GoFundMe.

Here are links to Rubin’s YouTube and Facebook videos if you want to compare the voice on her fase report call to the voice in the videos.

Why did she make that call on March 6th at 4:23 pm? – That is a great question. The answer is that at 3 pm on the very same day, I posted a massive feature story exposing her fraudulent campaign on GoFundMe, where she was using pictures of another dog that was neither in her possession nor had anything to do with the dogs she was raising money for. She did that to defraud her donors and drive donations higher. Rubin also lied about the physical condition of the dog actually in her campaign.

Her campaign on GoFundMe ended up being investigated, and she took down her profile picture, changed the name of the owner/operator, and changed the status of the campaign to “No longer accepting donations.” The article also addresses her violation of our agreements regarding a trial period with my BabyLady. The trial period failed. It’s time for BabyLady to come home.

The collage cover picture above is the written report from animal control regarding Susan Rubin’s recorded call they received at 4:23 pm on March 6th… Notice what she said about me, my mother and my sister at the top of the animal control report. We are all mentally ill.. What does my sister and Mother have to do with this? – Susan Rubin is a piece of garbage and is completely BUSTED.

On March 6th, 2024, Susan Rubin call 311 Broward at 4:23 pm saying I defied a citation. See the image above which is Lucky’s vaccination from December 29th, 2023.. This was the first citation I have ever recieved. The entire call was a false report.

Additionally, on Susan Rubin’s unhinged, criminal call to 311 Broward, besides lying about living in Florida and “her make believe children,” she said that my dogs were always running loose around the neighborhood. Which is odd, considering none of my dogs run loose in the neighborhood. That has only been my dog Lucky from time to time when he pulls his escape artist routines like he did back in Puerto Rico.. I have been writing about that for years. But, she repeated and repeated all of my dogs run around the neighborhood. Dr. Disingenuous, Jennifer Jablow, said a similar thing on February 11th about all of my dogs. When it was actually only Lucky.. Hey, It’s like they say, “Birds of a Feather Flock Together.” Susan Rubin and Jennifer Jablow definitley flocked together on February 11th, 2024.

The Citation Remarks Below – CRAZY – See the link in this Paragraph

But, Rubin’s false report call did not end there. She then went on to say that I have been threatening my neighbors. Um, threatening my neighbors for what? – For being good neighbors? – Then, just a few moments later on the same call, Rubin claims that all my dogs have rabies. She said it over and over again. She claimed that I ignored a “citation” regarding my dog Lucky getting vaccinated and that I was bragging to my neighbors that I would defy the citation. Picture any 54 year old doing that. What a jackass. Please click on this link here to see Lucky’s rabies vaccination record from December 29th, 2023.. And remember, when you are looking at Lucky’s vaccine, remember, Susan Rubin’s call on March 6th, 2024 at 4:23 pm.

So, in other words, on one hand, Rubin says that I am threatening my neighbors, but at the same time, I took a break from threatening them, and then was bragging to them about defying a citation, which I had already complied with.. What a complete schmuck.. Make sure to listen to It’s one of the craziest, criminal 311 calls in history.

This can all end tomorrow if she turns BabyLady back over to me. Regarding the fraud and criminality of what she has already done on GoFundMe and with her false report call on a recorded line to 311 Broward County, well that’s up to the authorities. But, as for me, when I have BabyLady back in my arms, this will end. My family and I will be able to move on with our lives. We are Not moving on without BabyLady. We will continue to fight Rubin with truth, evidence and facts. And we will bring BabyLady back home.

Sincerely,

Scott Smith,
BabyLady’s forever human dad.

305 783 8600
SESinspiration@gmail.com

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Box Cutters and Flight School – Twin Towers Destroyed

September 11th, 2001 – The day the music died.

One of the founding principals of Marshall Arts is to use the enemy’s strength against them. Don’t try to out muscle someone stronger than you. Use their own weight against them. When your enemy is charging at you, step aside and push them in the direction they’re charging.

19 hijackers did just that using 4 planes and box cutters, and turned the 800 pound Gorilla upside down. They took down the Twin Towers, they severely damaged the Pentagon, and took a plane down in Philadelphia killing everyone on it. Not in a million years could anyone even dreamed that as a possibility. It was unthinkable and unimaginable.

Let’s remember, in February of 1993 there was a terrorist attack below the North Tower of the World Trade when a truck detonated killing 6 people and injuring 1000 people. A freaking disaster to say the least.

But that wasn’t good enough for the terrorists. And other terrorists organizations learned that traditional bombing attacks wasn’t going to work. NYC’s infrastructure was too strong.

So not only was 9/11 a life changing experience to the United States, but, it was a break-through for terrorists. They knew that success was found not by going up against the 800 pound Gorilla, but by going with him. Use their own strength against them.

Terrorists organizations having been practicing that same methodology here and around the world. The San Bernardino attack in California. Some of terrorists arrested in conjunction with that attack admitted they loved America’s loose gun laws. It was easy for them to kill a-lot of people. In July of 2016, a 31 year old terrorist took a rented cargo truck and ran over 86 people at a firework’s celebration. In October of 2017 in NYC, a terrorist sped down a bike-only path killing 8 people and injuring 11.

9/11 opened the floodgates of terrorism.

The take away for me is to be cognizant of my surroundings. If I’m in a crowded place, I am aware of that. I don’t get lost in the experience anymore. Same thing with concerts, which I don’t go to, but if I did, I’d have some safety rules for myself I did go them. Look at the Ariana Grande concert in May of 2017 at the Manchester Arena in England, a suicide bomber killed 19 People and injured 50.

My own personal timeline with the Twin Towers:

1. In 1975 I went to the Twin Towers with my father (hard-hat and all) as construction was in it’s final chapters. The landlords were inviting commercial real estate brokers to start marketing office space to their clients.

2. In 1994, I interviews with Wil Raub at Cantor Fitzgerald on the 103rd Floor. I did not get the job due to lack of experience. Wil was killed on September 11th, 2001. He was a nice man. He told me never offer to work for free on Wall Street.

3. I commuted through the Twin Towers to NJ everyday from 1995 util the summer of 2000. I spent a lot of time in those towers even on a social bases.

4. I lived at 300 Mercer street, a mile north of the towers when they were destroyed. I was never able to return home again. My apartment smelled like burnt rubber tires.

When I think of the B-line experience I had walking through the towers in 1976, to living near the towers when they fell on September, 11th, 2001 it all seems surreal. 19 years later surreal.

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The things We Do for Love – No Limits

The result of breaking up a dogfight between one of my own and a neighbor’s dog. Fortunately, the dogs are fine.

I was walking Rocky last night at about 7:30 pm. It was still light outside. All of a sudden one of my neighbor’s dogs managed to push through the enclosed fence at his owner’s house. He was about 40 feet from us at that moment. I knew that I only had a few seconds to avert a disaster. Being I could not outrun the oncoming dog, I lifted Rocky up to my chest level. When the dog finally reached us, I kept spinning in circles so he would not have a clear path at Rocky. But, each time he jumped up his claws landed on my back.

Rocky was squirming like crazy in order to get out of my arms and face the dog head on. And that is exactly what happened. Now, my adreniline was sky-high as I knew this dog could easly tear Rocky apart. So, I jumped right in the middle of them and landed on my back. There was a lot of wrestling going on and both of their claws were landing all over me.

Then, I noticed something, the neigbor’s dog while wrestling and acting aggressive, was never actually biting Rocky or me. Every time that I pushed his head away with my hands or feet, the dog just turned his head away. No biting. No teeth.

We got very lucky last night. This could have easily been a trip to the emergency room for Rocky and several weeks of hardcore recovery.

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The Escape Artist – True Love

Lucky is Remarkable

Lucky can always escape outside no matter where we live, or what house we live in. He’s truly an escape artist. But, because we love each other like crazy, after he escapes, he just waits for me right outside the front door. Lucky has serious seperation anxiety with me. Sometimes, I have to talk to him before I leave house and let him know that I will be home soon.

Yep. I’ll always be lucky in love with Lucky.

Please remember to Drive With Compassion. There are stray animals in the street.

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Mookie Daddy – I’m Grateful for Him

Mookie and Dad, Together Forever

I don’t live with an attitude of gratitude anymore. I’m not a grateful person like I was during my Everybody Loves Sammy and Dr. Harp Seal days. All of that changed when Patrick and Sammy died and then the carnage of Covid. 

But, that doesn’t mean that I don’t remember how grateful I was when Mookie Daddy was returned to me. I left Puerto Rico on March 28th, 2019. A week prior to that I adopted Mookie out to a family in Puerto Rico. I was absolutely heartbroken as I loved him more than anything. 

When I arrived in Miami with Sammy, Henry and BabyLady, I realized that adopting Mookie out was a horrible mistake. In other words, did it really matter if it was 4 small dogs instead of 3 small dogs? – No. It would not have made a difference at all. But, I didn’t  know that until I got to Florida. Upon that realization, I was totally crushed by that mistake on top of being heartbroken in his absence. When you adopt an animal out, it’s kind of like death. Meaning you will never see them again. 

4 months later in August, the family that adopted Mookie called me and asked if I would take him back. I got the call while I was at work. I was so shocked that I almost fell out of my chair. The mother was going in for surgery and between recovering and her kids, she was not going to be able to take care of Mookie anymore. One week later on August 10th, 2019, my sweet little Mookie was back in my life. It was like death had been reversed. 

Mookie is the sweetest boy in the world with his little kisses and tail wags. He has the best disposition. Mookie is so happy that sometimes he just rolls on his back waving his front paws up and down. He used to do that in Puerto Rico with me. Mookie remembers how happy we were and that happiness has been reinstilled upon us being reunited. There’s a very special bond between Mookie and myself. And that bond is unbreakable and unshakable. 

Mookie and Dad, together Forever.

Please Drive With Compassion. There are stray animals in the street.

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Leader Of the Pack – Grasshopper

Lucky and Grasshopper

Well, Grasshopper has officially taken over the household. The entire pack kowtows to him at this point. The Hopper is such a little boss. He has to be involved in all pack decisions. Even Lucky (bigger dog pictured), who is a “to himself” kind of dog, loves to be in the company of Grasshopper.

Not bad for a little Hopper who was living off the train tracks in North Miami Beach just a over a year ago. On June 23rd, 2021, I pulled him right out of the street by the tracks and into my car. He was just a boy who needed a break. So, I gave him one. Look how far he has come.

Remember, please Drive With Compassion. There are stray animals in the street.

That’s our story for tonight.

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GunMerica Strikes Again – The 4th Of July

We can’t go to parades anymore either.

They say America is the Land of the free. Home of the brave. But, in reality, America is the land of the guns and home of the dangerous. You can’t go school anymore. You can’t go to a supermarket. You can’t go to church. You can’t go to a mall. You can’t go to nightclubs. You can’t go to college. You can’t go to concerts. And now you can’t even go to parades anymore. Maybe the Metaverse will save the world.

21 year old Robert Crimo lll opened fire on a crowd at a 4th Of July parade in Highland Park, IL. – Crimo killed 7 people and injured over 30 others. Two of the 7 killed were husband Kevin McCarthy, 37 yrs old and Irina McCarthy, 35. They had a 2 year old son. He’s now an orphan. Guns take lives and destroy lives. 

Even if there were no bad guys, no mentally ill people and no terrorists, there are way too many guns in circulation.

It’s time that we protect “Actual People” over the Second Amendment. I am Not mystified by the founding fathers. I don’t care what they said or meant 230 years ago. I will choose humanity over the 2nd Amendment everyday of the week. Humanity is more important than rights.

The Solution –

We need to look at the gun industry the way we do with Motor Vehicles and cars. You want to be able to use a gun, get a license. You want to own a gun, get it registered. You want to operate a gun, then get some required gun insurance. Just like we do with cars. The age limit also needs to be raised to 25 years old. 18 to 21 years of age is too young. They’re still in college for Christ sake.

Let’s look at Japan for example. They have a population of 127 million people and yet they rarely see over 10 gun deaths in a year. The US has twice the population of Japan. So technically, the US should only have 20 gun deaths a year. But no. The US has over 30,000 gun deaths a year. Below is how Japan does it:

“If people want to own a gun, they must attend an all-day class, pass a written test, and achieve at least 95% accuracy during a shooting-range test. Then they have to pass a mental-health evaluation, which takes place at a hospital, and pass a background check, in which the government digs into their criminal record and interviews friends and family. They can only buy shotguns and air rifles — no handguns — and every three years they must retake the class and initial exam.”

Furthering The Solution:

1. NO ordinary citizen should be allowed to own any firearms other than a regular handgun that shoots 6 bullets, one at a time. No clips. No magazines.
2. We need to ban all assault weapons and any other weapons that can facilitate high capacity magazines.
3. The US needs to initiate a buy back program for weapons that have been banned, just like Australia and New Zealand did. We have to get those guns out of circulation.
4. Require all gun owners to carry gun insurance.
5. Allow the gun manufacturers to be sued.

Does this sound extreme? – It’s not. It’s common sense. You know what’s extreme? – Non stop mass shootings.

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The Biggest Touchdown of My Life

Rocky, Lucky and Polar Bear left Puerto Rico and landed in Miami two years ago this month. I had not seen them in 6 months. I was getting concerned about whether or not I would be able to bring them over to Miami. But in September of 2019, I pulled off mission impossibile and had the whole pack back together. All 7 of us, including Sammy. It was the biggest touchdown of my life.

Upon that touchdown, I put a video together called the “Pack is Back” with all 7 of my dogs. It was the last video that Sammy was in before he tragically passed on January 30th, 2020. In the coming months, I will put another video together with my surviving pack including newest member, Grasshopper.

Please Drive With Compassion. There are stray animals in the street.

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The Day the Music Died – August 19th, 2018

My sweet Patrick was killed by the front and back tire of a car on August 19th, 2018. I was madly in love with him. I died with him that day. I’ve never been the same. Being Patrick’s human Dad was the greatest Job that I’ve ever had, or will have. My life was about making him happy. As I’ve written many times, I would’ve moved mountains and swam across oceans for him.

I’ve made a lot of new friends in the past year and have been reacquainted with old ones. A lot of people have asked me “Who is Patrick and what happened to him?” – Some even call me Patrick not realizing that anything happened.

This video is about my life with Patrick, his death, animal rescue in Puerto Rico, Patrick Swayze (yes, Patrick Swayze), and the introduction of rescue dog, BabyLady. The message is sad, moving, inspiring and ends up on a big up note. It was published on October 17th, 2018, sixty days after Patrick was killed.

Sincerely, Scott Smith, Patrick’s human Dad.

The Greatest Love Story In A Thousand Years

A Magical Christmas – Once Upon a Time

Between Sammy, Santa Claus and Rockefeller Center, some have argued this might be the greatest picture in the history of the world. I actually agree with that.

It has been a long 4 years and 5 months without our Instagram account. We are truly grateful to have it back and to be reconnected with our IG community

Many people told me to just open up a new IG account over the past couple of years. But, “Everybody Loves Sammy” and now “DriveWithCompassion, are just too important to me. So, I held the line.

We march on now in the name of Sammy, Patrick and BabyLady.

Merry Christmas to you and all your families.

Sincerely,

Scott Smith

I am against the 2nd Amendment – The Madison School Shooting

Picture by The Boston Globe.

The Second Amendment should be removed from the Constitution. It’s killing us, and we can’t live like this anymore. I don’t care what the founding fathers said or meant in 1791. It has no practical application in 2024. People and organizations continue to hide behind the Second Amendment despite the severe gun problem, which is causing many deaths and destroying families and communities.

If people want to own a gun, they should be required to have a license. Additionally, they should be required to have it registered and insured. We should also follow Japan’s example with their very strict gun safety laws, which have essentially eradicated gun violence. Japan makes it difficult to own a gun, not easy. Furthermore, we need to ban ALL military-style weapons. This is how the US can substantially reduce gun violence, if not eradicate it altogether.

EVEN IF THERE WERE NO BAD GUYS, NO MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE, AND NO TERRORISTS, THERE AWAY TO MANY GUNS IN CIRCULATION. 

Yesterday, a 15 year old student at a small Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin opened fire inside of a study hall killing a student and a teacher. Six others were injured and 2 of them are in critical condition. The shooter took her own life. More lives taken, families ruined, and another community destroyed by gun violence. The link to this story is in the comment section of this post.

We can all ask how did a 15 year old have a gun in her possession? Well, there are 400 million guns in this country. There are guns everywhere and easy access to them. The Madison Wisconsin shooting comes on the heels of the murder of the United Healthcare CEO just two weeks ago.

Why does an advanced society like Japan only have 10 gun deaths a year? Because they use common sense to control gun violence. Why does the United States have 37,000 gun deaths a year? Because the US has no common sense with respect to fighting gun violence.

Guns are just bad news. They should not be revered. Guns should be frowned upon. The Second Amendment should be taken out of the Constitution and/or replaced with something sensible in 2024.

Sincerely,

Scott Smith

“You know, I have CHILDREN.” – It was Susan Rubin of DC – It was False Report

Susan Rubin of DC is the lady who ran a fraudulent campain on GoFundMe from Nov 2023 through March of 2024.

It is a crime in all 50 states to make a false report call. In some states, it’s a misdemeanor, and in others, it’s a felony.

We finally received the transcription of Susan Rubin’s false report call to 311 Broward from March 6th, 2024 at 4:23 pm. As you may remember, Rubin is the lady from Washington, DC, who was caught on a recorded line making a false report call to 311 Broward. She called in claming to be Maria Sanchez, a worried mother living in South Florida.. Here’s the thing, Susan Rubin lives in Washington DC and she has No children. Rubin was not even able to pronounce the city she claimed to be living in. We have the recording, and below is the transcription of the recording.

This is the same lady who ran a fraudulent campaign on GoFundMe with her friend, New York City dentist Jennifer Jablow, from November 2023 to March 2024.. They used pictures of a dog not in their possession and unrelated to the dogs they were supposedly raising money for. Additionally, Rubin and Jablow lied about the physical condition of one of the dogs in their scam campaign.

Now, it is advised to listen to the call and read the context surrounding it before reading the transcript. Nonetheless, the transcript is below:

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Operator: This is Pam, how may I help you? 

Operator: So, are they owned animals by any chance? 

Operator: Okie-doke. What, um, where is this at? What city in Broward County is it located? 

Operator: All right. Ma’am, I need to give you the North Miami call center number. 

Caller: Okay, listen. I have called, uh, 954-834-1000, 954-493… 
Operator: 95… 
Caller: 95477… 
Operator: Ma’am… Caller: I’ve called like four different numbers.
Operator: But… 

Operator: All right, if you let me finish my sentence. The Miami Beach call center is a completely different telephone number than area code 954. They have a different area code, which is… 
Caller: I just want to talk to… Right, but you deal with animal issues, right? 
Operator: We do in Broward County, not in North Miami. I can get… 
Caller: So, I was told that… Can I give you the address?
Operator: I can’t look it up, ma’am. 
Caller: I was told… I was told this is Broward County, okay? I called…
Operator: Let me have the address. Let me have the address, ma’am. What is…

Operator: Hallandale maybe? Okay. 

Operator: That would be us. Well, you’re saying North Miami, so that’s different altogether. 

Caller: Okay, sorry, I was wrong. I was wrong. We call it North Miami, but never mind. 

Operator: First name? 

Operator: Thank you. And your telephone number is what? Caller: 305-783-5922. 

Operator: Thank you. What is the address? At your home address? 

Operator: And that’s Hallandale, too, right? Okay. Caller: Mm-hmm [assenting, agreeing]. 

Operator: One minute, please. All right. And the man’s address is 805, right? Northeast 4th. Okay. 

Caller: Do you want his name?

Operator: Wait one second. Owner is… Is he elderly or something? Or what? 

Caller: No. Who is the owner? Who do you have in your…? 

Operator: I don’t know. I have no idea. I’m just putting this in a data system. 

Caller: He is… Okay. ah, he’s not the owner, he rents. And there’s three people who live there. He’s one of 

them. He’s not elderly. He’s about 50. But he’s mentally unstable. 

Operator: Okay. 

Caller: And he’s threatened several neighbors. 

Operator: All right. So, renter lives at location. Are they his dogs? 

Caller: Yes. Seven dogs. 

Operator: Oh, my God. 

Operator: Okay. um, you’ve called the police, I guess, right?

Caller: They don’t do anything. 

Operator: Okay. 

Operator: This may be… 

Operator: Okay. Are the… Let me ask you this question. I know it’s going to sound insane. Um, but, in terms of the dogs running around, are they all vicious? Are they… are they, ah… is… are they not treated properly? 

Operator: Okay, all right. 

Caller: Like I say, the house smells like urine. You can smell it from outside. 

Operator: Okay. 

Caller: So, there’s something bad going on. And if dogs are… are allowed to just run around, how much care are they getting? 

Operator: I understand. 

Caller: [0:07:39.8] [unintelligible] …obviously dirty and it’s really very sad. 

Operator: Yeah. 

Caller: It’s very, very sad for the dogs. It’s not the dogs’ fault. 

Operator: All right. Um, just trying to see what other things could get. Okay. All right. I put the application in for animal care to go out. Ah, the number is A24-152159. 

Caller: Hold on, let me write it down again. 824… 

Operator: No, no, no. A like in apple. I’m sorry. A like in apple, 24. 

Caller: A24, mm-hmm [assenting, agreeing]. Operator: -152… 

Caller: Mm-hmm [assenting, agreeing]. 

Operator: 159. 

Caller: Mm-hmm [assenting, agreeing]. 

Operator: Um. And that is gone into the animal database. Now, you were going to give me… 

Caller: I don’t… I don’t think I have… Yeah, I don’t think I have… You didn’t put down his name. 

Operator: No, I did not. I said that the renter lives at this location with seven dogs. 

Caller: Don’t you want his name? 

Operator: All right. Hold on, ma’am, please. Okay? One second. Um, what’s his name? 

Caller: Scott Smith. 

Operator: Ah, owner. Okay, there you go. All right. I added his name, and the animal offices will go ahead and, Um, 

get out there and take care of the problem, 

hopefully, for the dogs’ sake. 

Caller: Okay. 

Operator: Okay? 

Caller: Will they actually… Will they actually go out and go to the home? 

Operator: Well, they should. It’s an… it’s a… an animal case number now that I entered. 

Caller: Okay. 

Operator: So, you know, there’s no reason why they… they wouldn’t. Ah, but, yeah. Okay? 

Caller: Okay. And who is going to follow up regarding the citation for rabies vaccines?

Operator: The animal offices are going to do all of that, ma’am. They… they have a whole list of what they have to 

do. 

Caller: Okay. All right. 

Operator: Okay? 

Caller: Very good. Thank you. 

Operator: Um, sure, you’re welcome. Believe me, I understand. Okay? 

Caller: Yeah, it’s very upsetting. Thank you. Operator: I understand. You’re welcome. 

Caller: Okay. Bye. 

Operator: Bye. 

End of interaction [0:10:35.3]

Happy Birthday Jo Ann Smith – NYC

Jo ann and Sammy – Times Square – NYC – 2012

My mom is 81 years old today. This picture is from 2012, back in New York City when Sammy was first coming up in the world. He was already 7 years old in this picture.

As many of you know, my mother got COVID in June of 2022.. She’s never been the same. She hardly gets out of bed anymore. My dogs have been very healing for my mother. There is always one or two of my pack lying down next to her. She pets them a lot. They have been really good for my mom, and she has been really good for them.

I think this pictrure is magical. It was a magical time in a magical city with a magical dog. By the way, did I say “magical” enough in that last sentence?

The thing I love the most about my mother, is that she’s knows I love my dogs more than her, and she’s totally cool with that.

How cool is that?

Grasshopper – Happy 3 year Rescue Anniversary


Please read until the end of this post. This story will resonate with people from all over the world. You are going to feel great after you read this post. That is my Grasshopper guarantee to you.

It was three years ago when I pulled up to a red light right near the train tracks in North Miami Beach. The exact date was June 23rd, 2021, I saw this little creature bobbing and weaving between the cars stopped at the traffic light. He moved very fast and precisely. I said to myself, “Is that a fox?” He would look up, then pivot in another direction. After a few feet, he would look up and pivot again. I was like, “What is that?”

Then, I got a close look at him. He was a Chihuahua mix of some kind. And he was stuck in a very bad place. Think about it, the little fella was running along the train tracks with traffic flying by in both directions.

So, it was time to get serious. I opened the passenger door and said, “Little buddy, hop in the car.” He was looking at me, then back at the train tracks and all the traffic, then back at me. I said, “Little buddy, don’t worry. You are in good hands. Let’s get you out of here.” He hopped up into the truck from a standstill position on the ground. That’s when I named him Grasshopper.

Grasshopper is very sweet, bossy, pensive, observant, in everybody’s business, controlling, and smart as all hell. He also loves to touch everything with his paws. He’s very similar to a raccoon in that sense.

We went from the picture on the left in the collage posted, to the picture on the right pretty quickly. And the rest is history.

I think out of respect for the Hopster, you should all join our Grasshopper Club. Below is how you join:

1. In the comment section of this post, you have to write “I want to be a Grasshopper.”
2. You have to sing the song “Sledgehammer” in your head. But, instead of singing the word “Sledgehammer,” you have to replace it with “Grass-Hopper.”

Once your comment is posted, and you’ve sang Sledgehammer/Grass-Hopper in your head, congratulations, you’ve become a grasshopper.

This is the greatest club I’ve ever belonged to. I can tell you that.

Your beliefs are an Accident

My father was Jewish—he died in 1984. I am not Jewish—I was raised by a Black man and an Italian Catholic mother.

As for me, I am a humanitarian and an atheist. I would remind everyone: if you were born into the lives of those you oppose, you would feel exactly the same way the opposing side does. Remember that. In reality, your beliefs are an accident. You only believe what you believe because your parents had sex in a certain part of the world and you were conceived. I will repeat this paragraph at the end. Stay with me, please:

I remember my biological Jewish father used to say to me in the late 1970s and early ’80s, “Scott, if the shit ever hits the fan in the world, run to Israel for safety.” While it was a well-intentioned comment from my late father, it was a dead wrong (pun intended) assessment. Israel is the last place on earth I would run to for safety. Quite the opposite, if I wanted to bring extreme danger into my life, sure, then I would run to Israel. And I have said the same many times in my life, way before October 7th, 2023.

If I were a young man coming up in the world in Israel, whether an Israeli or Palestinian, I would NEVER bring new life into that region. It’s not fair to bring them into a region with such violence, hostility, and volatility. If you are born a Palestinian, you will live in destitution and despair with no hope. And if Hamas commits atrocities like they did on October 7th and will do again, you will be slaughtered by the tens of thousands. No point in that life.

If you are born an Israeli, there’s a good chance you will get blown up by a suicide bomber or violently killed with the many more October 7th type attacks that will happen over and over again. It’s not a question of “if” this will happen again. It is a question of “when” this will happen again. No point in that risk.

That is where Scott Smith gets off the train. Because I know the truth, when it comes to Israel/Palestine, “The only winning move is not to play.” Translation: don’t have kids. It’s not fair to them. If you must have a family, move to another country. If you can’t afford to move to another country, adopt a child and/or rescue an animal. There are plenty of them in need in Israel/Palestine/Gaza.

Retribution City—A Cirle of Hate

This conflict will never end in this life or the next 10,000 lives. October 7th was Israel’s 9/11. No question about it. But, October 7th is going to happen again and again. And Gaza will be turned to dust again and again. And the beat goes on and on and on. Again, I can only speak for myself, I would NEVER EVER bring new life into that region whether I was an Israeli or a Palestinian.

My late biological Jewish father is turning over in his grave right now. We have campuses all over the United States where Jewish students don’t even feel safe anymore. Life will be much harder for young Jewish people coming up in the United States for a long time to come. I wish it was not the case, but it is until otherwise noted.

As for me, I am a humanitarian and an atheist. I would remind everyone: if you were born into the lives of those you oppose, you would feel exactly the same way the opposing side does. Remember that. In reality, your beliefs are actually an accident. You only believe what you believe because your parents had sex in a certain part of the world and you were conceived.

What’s the point in me saying this? – The point is to say that we are really all the same. But somewhere along the line, ideals became more important than actual lives. And now, blood, death, and violence are running rampant.

Thank you for hearing me out.

Happy Father’s Day, Dennis Brown – 2024


My biological father died in 1984 at 45 years old. I was only 14 years old at the time of his death. I really did not know much about him and was not connected to him at all. A few months after his death, my family and I met Dennis Brown, who was in charge of the moving company we were going to use to move.

We became very close to Dennis during this process. He became a father figure to me when I needed it most. He and I remained very close until I was 27 years old. He was the father I was meant to have. Life threw me a gift when Dennis Brown came into our lives. He was also my friend. We had a lot of fun together. I guess he was like my Genie in the Bottle.. Only he was real and not in a bottle.

My biological father and I had nothing in common. He loved watching sports, going skiing, and he thought sleep-away camp was the greatest thing ever for kids. I despised all three of those activities. As such, I never really enjoyed my time with him. Today, I would not go for a beer with him if he were alive. We would have nothing to talk about. I don’t give a shit who won the Super Bowl.

Dennis taught me to be a man. A good and strong man. He was a beam of light in a sometimes very cold world. Whenever people were around him, they lit up like a Christmas tree. He was so positive about everything and always carried a big smile on his face. Some beings are so lit up on the inside that they shine on their exterior. Dennis Brown was like that.

Sadly, he died of cancer on October 5th, 2015.. I was in Puerto Rico at the time. I spoke to him on the phone the day before he died. He was telling me that he was getting better every day. He remained positive until his very last breath.

I don’t believe in God or Heaven at all. But, if I’m wrong, I would ask that God send me to wherever Dennis Brown is.

If they ever tell my story, let them say I walked with giants. Let them say I lived in the time of Dennis Brown.

Sincerely,

Scott Smith

He was a Soldier for Peace and Humanity – Memorial Day 2024

Sammy was inducted in the United States Army in 2012.

– Memorial Day 2024 

Sammy put smiles on millions of faces around the world. He lifted people’s spirits from all walks of life. His alter ego, Dr. Harp Seal had the same effect on people. So much so, Sammy caught the attention of the United States Army. And most particularly, the attention of retired veteran, Enrico Dexter. 

Mr. Dexter put in a request for the US Army to customize a soldier uniform for Sammy. I am pretty sure that Sammy is the only 10 pound Pomeranian to ever be inducted into the United States Army. I was so proud of my boy and grateful to Soldier Dexter. It was an incredible moment and honor for the Everybody Loves Sammy Community. 

Only once in a thousand years or so do we get to hear a Mozart or see a Picasso or read a Shakespeare. Sammy was one of them. (Quote from Billy Crystal on Muhammad Ali).

In Observance of Memorial Day, the DriveWithCompassion.com and Everybody Loves Sammy online communities salute Mr. Enrico Dexter, Army dog Sammy and to all members of the military, who are serving, have served and those who sacrificed their lives for our freedoms today. 

This is No Ordinary Love – 7 years Together

Lucky is my forever heart. I will always be lucky in love with Lucky.

Sometimes you just walk out of the house and your life changes forever. You don’t remember your life before that day. That is what happened seven years ago on May 10th, 2017 when I first encountered Lucky on the street in Puerto Rico. This boy took my breath away. I was electrified by him from the onset. Today, is the 7 year rescue anniversary of Lucky and I rescuing each other. Lucky is my forever heart.

Let me tell you our story:

It was a ordinary Wednesday evening on May 10th, 2017 in Puerto Rico. I was feeling kind of restless and hungry and went to a local eatery for a sandwich. As I was eating, I started gazing out the window very spaced out and preoccupied. I felt agitated and unsettled. Then I noticed this sweet boy in the cover picture with me living alone on the street.

I brought him some food and sat down with him. I was so enamored with him that my head was spinning. Meeting this boy was a life changing experience. I decided to pull him off the street and have him boarded at a very fun place for 5 weeks with a lot of other dogs. Every Saturday and Sunday I would go visit him. I started to realize that he and I were forever. Now, I just had to convince my wife at that time in order to bring him home. But, luckily for Lucky (pun intended), the only answer I was willing to accept from my wife was, “Yes.” Guess what her answer was? You got it. The next day Lucky moved in with my human family and pack.

The truth is, the world wasn’t big enough for Lucky and myself to not find each other. This had to happen.

Lucky and Scott at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean in Puerto Rico


In September of 2017 Hurricane Maria pummeled Puerto Rico. As many of you might remember, I launched the “Lucky In Love Relief Fund for Stray Animals in Puerto Rico.” We raised $7,000 and bridged a fair amount of stray animals back to life. When Patrick was killed in August of 2018, Lucky would press his head into my chest several times a day. He knew that’s where the pain was. He did the same when Sammy died on January 30th, 2020.

I am so in love with Lucky that I coined the phrase and created a t-shirt that says “I Love My Dog Like A Crazy Potato” on the front. And on the back it says, “Love Doesn’t Have To Make Sense.

We have been through some tough times together. Hurricane Maria, the loss of Patrick, the loss of Sammy, Covid, losing our home in 2021 and so on and so on. Lucky is a professional escape artist as you all remember from back in Puerto Rico. Well, he continued the same here in South Florida. He has serious separation anxiety with me when I leave the house. He has been this way since I pulled him off the street back in Puerto Rico on May 10th, 2017. When I left him in Puerto Rico for 6 months in 2019 while I was getting set up in Florida, it hurt him very badly. I was absolutely destroyed leaving him, Rocky and Polar Bear behind during that time also. I did find a family to take them in at that time for $800 a month.

Lucky and Scott in Florida. We share the same heart.

A lot of people would have said goodbye to them right then and there. But, the second I landed in South Florida on March 28th, 2019, I had one thing and one thing only on my mind: To bring my boys over to Florida. Six months later, I pulled off mission impossible and had us all back together under one roof in Florida. As such, Lucky’s seperation anxiety was very continued his escape artistry here in South Florida. He’s calmed down a lot at this point. But, one day in December of 2023, he got out and got himself in a very serious predicament. I was actually in discussions about giving him up. As I have gotten older, It was becoming more difficult keeping up with him. Fortunately, I backed out of those discussions because I could never live without him. Lucky is my forever heart. We will finish our lives together as a family. And that includes BabyLady too.

Seven years ago I told the world, “This is No ordinary Love.” And that still holds true today. Lucky is my soulmate. I did not say soulMutt. No. I said “Lucky is my soulmate.” – I will always be lucky in love with Lucky.

Happy 7 year Rescue Anniversary Lucky. Thank you for rescuing me.

Sincerely,

Scott Smith
SESinspiration@gmail.com

Statehood Or Not – Show Puerto Rico the Money

Puerto Rico can have a Fresh Start with a Stroke of a Pen:

The U.S can afford anything it desires. The only catch is that it has to be a priority to them. Whatever the U.S. wants, the U.S. gets. If the United States wanted to go to war with Iran, how fast would they find a few trillion dollars? If Greenland would be willing to sell itself, how fast would the U.S. find billions of dollars?

Let’s look at two actual examples:

1. When the U.S. wanted to invade Iraq in 2003, was money an issue? Nope. A blank check was thrown at the war. And Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. According to Brown University’s highly respected Cost of War Project, post 9/11 wars have cost trillions of dollars, and worse, killed hundreds of thousands of people.

2. In 2008 during the banking crisis, congress came together in a blink of an eye and authorized a $750 billion check for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, aka TARP. It was literally a bailout for the banks and the auto industry. Additionally, the Federal Reserve pumped more than $4 trillion of stimulus into the economy from 2010 through 2014.

Remember, the U.S. can print its own currency. They can create money faster than a magician can say “Shazam.” It’s time for the U.S. government to wave its magic wand at the 3 million plus American citizens residing in Puerto Rico. We have a humanitarian crisis for both people and animals over there.

This is not a U.S. bashing article. I’m presenting an opportunity to bring Puerto Rico back to financial life.

The people of the Puerto Rico Triumphed in July of 2019 with peaceful protests for 12 straight days forcing the resignation of the Governor. Photo Credit, Valeria Martiro.

The people of Puerto Rico have suffered enough. “No Mas” they said taking to the streets in July of 2019 with the biggest protests in the Commonwealth’s history, forcing the resignation of Governor Ricardo Rosselló. The protests were a long time in the making. Puerto Rico has been plagued with corruption (from healthcare, to education, politicians themselves and recently, a FEMA arrest was made), reckless spending and policies set forth by the U.S., stifling their economy for decades.

It’s been over 2 years since Hurricane Maria pummeled Puerto Rico. Financial relief has been slim and slow. Over 250,000 people have left the island since the hurricane hit. A total of 600,000 people in the last 10 years. Maria’s damage is estimated at $100 billion. A staggering figure. Just to put that in perspective, the annual GDP for Puerto Rico is about $100 billion.

That’s on top of Puerto Rico being in the financial doldrums since 2006 thanks to Congress abolishing section 936 of Puerto Rico’s corporate tax code, a law that gave huge tax breaks to U.S. corporations in Puerto Rico. When it expired in 2006, manufacturing and big pharma started leaving. The island has been in a recession for 13 years now.

Puerto Rico is $75 billion in debt with another $50 billion in underfunded pensions. Bankruptcy negotiations are still pending. In July 2019, the oversight committee and bondholders apparently struck a $35 billion restructuring deal. The Fiscal Agency of Puerto Rico did not agree with one word of the deal. Additionally, some bondholders are calling the selection of the oversight committee unconstitutional. So, it’s anyone’s guess how this will play out.

The 94th Infantry during WW1. Puerto Ricans have served the U.S. Armed Forces for over a century now. Photo Credit: Center for Puerto Rican Studies.

It’s time for U.S. to step up for the people of Puerto Rico. No longer should the U.S. allow Puerto Ricans to die on the front lines of American wars, as they have for more than 100 years, and not be permitted to vote in the general election. Nor should they remain financially shackled by the Jones Act, established in 1920, costing Puerto Rico over $500 million a year. The cost of living in Puerto Rico is the same as the average state in the U.S. Yet, If Puerto Rico were a state, it would be twice as poor as the poorest state of all, Mississippi. How can any society have a balanced budget with that logic?

Pretense and Solution –

The U.S. should write a check to Puerto Rico in the amount of $125 billion. Wipe out the $75 billion in municipal bond debt and fully restore the $50 billion in underfunded pensions. The monies should be distributed directly to the bondholders and pension accounts bypassing all politicians and oversight committees. $125 billion is not a lot of money for a $22 trillion economy. To be precise, it’s 1/20th of 1%. Essentially nothing.

Let’s use the 2008 banking crisis as a precedent. The U.S. deployed almost $5 trillion to prevent the oncoming 2nd Great Depression, which was caused by Wall Street’s gambling addiction to derivatives and mortgage backed securities. That’s not even including the massive budge deficits they were running, which would take the figure well over $10 trillion. But, for the sake of argument, let’s use $5 trillion as the example. $125 billion is only 2.5% of $5 trillion. Aren’t the people of Puerto Rico worth that?

Dr. Daniel Nina, professor of Business Administration and Social Sciences at the University of Puerto Rico Humacao Campus explains that whether Puerto Rico becomes a state or not, or receives some sort of bailout, they have to become more self reliant. Puerto Rico imports 85 percent of consumable goods. At the turn of the 20th century Puerto Rico was only importing 15 percent. For the past 120 years they’ve been moving in the wrong direction, forcing them to become more and more dependent on the rest of the world. According to professor Daniel, Puerto Rico’s agricultural and household chemical sectors are fully self-reliant. Other important sectors of the economy are nearing self-reliance. Ultimately, Puerto Rico must become more self-sufficient in most sectors of its economy in order to prevent becoming a welfare state again.

In order for this to start to happen, the 100 year old Jones Act needs to lifted permanently. It’s blatant protectionism for American shipping companies at the expense of consumers. In this case specifically, the people of Puerto Rico. In addition, Section 936 of Puerto Rico’s tax code should be reinstated to incentivize manufacturers and pharma companies to come back to Puerto Rico. This would put them on equal footing with the rest of the United States. It would give the Puerto Rican people a fresh start to rebuild their economy.

So, the multibillion-dollar question is, when will Puerto Rico become a priority for the U.S.?

Photo Credit: Fabian Rodriguez